色情视频 Researcher's Team up with UCSD to Study Alzheimer's in Latino Population
A five-year NIH grant will also fund training and mentoring of underrepresented investigators.
鈥溕槭悠� has been in the forefront of training future Latino researchers for more than 30 years, especially within the School of Public Health and the Department of Psychology.鈥�
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded scientists at 色情视频 and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) a five-year, $4 million grant to boost the number of Latino and other underrepresented minority researchers studying Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias afflicting seniors of Latino origin.
More than five million Americans are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, a number expected to more than double by 2060 without prevention or cure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Latinos are the largest ethnic-racial minority in the United States, and by 2050, they are projected to comprise nearly one-third of the population. In California and Texas, people of Latino origin already represent almost 40 percent of residents.
Yet Latino investigators are under-represented among U.S. researchers in the, especially those awarded research dollars by National Institutes of Health and other funders. The NIA is a division of NIH.
As the U.S. Latino population grows, so will the numbers living with Alzheimer鈥檚 and related dementias鈥攑ossibly to as high as 3.2 million by 2060.
Resources for the community
Disparities in Alzheimer鈥檚 and related dementias exist even within the distinct Latino communities. For example, studies indicate that persons of Caribbean origin may have a four-fold greater risk of developing the disease compared to whites and those of Mexican origin.
Reasons for this disparity remain elusive, in part because new data and resources haven鈥檛 been available to younger scientists wishing to spend more time on Latino-specific dementia research.
The new NIA grant will allow researchers from 色情视频 and UCSD to create the San Diego Resource Center for Advancing Alzheimer鈥檚 Research in Minority Seniors (SDRC-ARMS). The center will recruit, train and mentor investigators from underrepresented backgrounds to lead basic research into and clinical treatment of Alzheimer鈥檚.
SDRC-ARMS will provide mentorship, data, analytic and intellectual resources to supported researchers throughout Southern California, helping sustain their work and scientific careers with independent funding.
鈥溕槭悠� has been in the forefront of training future Latino researchers for more than 30 years, especially within the School of Public Health and the Department of Psychology,鈥� said John Elder, co-principal investigator and distinguished professor in 色情视频鈥檚 School of Public Health.
鈥淥ur former doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows are among the leaders in Latino health research in the country,鈥� Elder added. 鈥淭hey continue to demonstrate to our own community and the entire nation our commitment to developing a diverse academic workforce.鈥�
Co-principal investigator from 色情视频 with Elder is Paul Gilbert, professor in the Department of Psychology. Co-principal investigators from UCSD are Hector Gonz谩lez, associate professor in the Department of Neurosciences, and overall lead investigator, Alison Moore, professor in the Department of Medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
The grant highlights the institutions respective strengths: UCSD鈥檚 expertise in geriatrics and aging research, behavioral, sociocultural and systems biology, and 色情视频鈥檚 strengths as a research-prolific, Hispanic-serving institution with robust programs in public health and psychology.
Other community organizations involved in Alzheimer鈥檚 research and support will become collaborators, including the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association, Alzheimer鈥檚 San Diego, Glenner Alzheimer鈥檚 Family Centers and Southern Caregiver Resource Center.
